Let's assume that the economy is booming. To me, all that proves is that the powers that be have decided that it is best to make President Trump appear successful. Those powers are the same ones who scared us with Y2K and then fixed the problems. They are known by many names: the Insiders, the Establishment, the hidden persuaders, "a loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires," and "the man behind the curtain."

Maybe they are the true deep state or the real adults in the room. I'll be happy if all this turmoil results in the greatest good for the greatest number of living things and for Mother Earth.